1 Timothy 5:7

Good News Translation

Give them these instructions, so that no one will find fault with them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Command this also, so that they will be above reproach.

King James Version (1611)
And these things giue in charge, that they may be blamelesse.

King James Version
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

English Standard Version
Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

New American Standard Bible
Give these instructions as well, so that they may be above reproach.

New Century Version
Tell the believers to do these things so that no one can criticize them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Legacy Standard Bible
And command these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Berean Standard Bible
Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

Contemporary English Version
Tell all of this to everyone, so they will do the right thing.

Complete Jewish Bible
And instruct them about this, so that they will not be open to blame.

Darby Translation
And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

Easy-to-Read Version
Tell the believers there to take care of their family so that no one can say they are doing wrong.

Geneva Bible (1587)
These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Continually charge them with these things, so that they may be blameless.

Lexham English Bible
And command these things, in order that they may be irreproachable.

Literal Translation
And enjoin these things that they may be blameless.

Amplified Bible
Keep instructing [the people to do] these things as well, so that they may be blameless and beyond reproach.

American Standard Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Bible in Basic English
Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.

Hebrew Names Version
Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

International Standard Version
Continue to give these instructions so that they may be blameless.1 Timothy 1:3; 4:11; 6:17;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
These things prescribe to them, that they be without blame.

Murdock Translation
These things enjoin thou on them, that they may be blameless.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these thynges commaunde, that they may be blamelesse.

English Revised Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

World English Bible
Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And enjoin these things, that they may be blameless.

Weymouth's New Testament
Press these facts upon them, so that they may live lives free from reproach.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And comaunde thou this thing, that thei be withouten repreef.

Update Bible Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Webster's Bible Translation
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

New English Translation
Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

New King James Version
And these things command, that they may be blameless.

New Living Translation
Give these instructions to the church so that no one will be open to criticism.

New Life Bible
Teach these things so they will do what is right.

New Revised Standard
Give these commands as well, so that they may be above reproach.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

Revised Standard Version
Command this, so that they may be without reproach.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without faut

Young's Literal Translation
and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these thinges commaunde, that they maye be without blame.

Mace New Testament (1729)
these things recommend to them, that they may be without reproach.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Teach people how to tell the real difference in the two.

Contextual Overview

³ Show respect for widows who really are all alone. ⁴ But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first to carry out their religious duties toward their own family and in this way repay their parents and grandparents, because that is what pleases God. ⁵ A widow who is all alone, with no one to take care of her, has placed her hope in God and continues to pray and ask him for his help night and day. ⁶ But a widow who gives herself to pleasure has already died, even though she lives. ⁷ Give them these instructions, so that no one will find fault with them. ⁸ But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ Do not add any widow to the list of widows unless she is over sixty years of age. In addition, she must have been married only once ¹⁰ and have a reputation for good deeds: a woman who brought up her children well, received strangers in her home, performed humble duties for other Christians, helped people in trouble, and devoted herself to doing good. ¹¹ But do not include younger widows in the list; because when their desires make them want to marry, they turn away from Christ, ¹² and so become guilty of breaking their earlier promise to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:11, 1 Timothy 6:17, 2 Timothy 4:1, Titus 1:13, Titus 2:15

Reciprocal: Philippians 2:15 - blameless 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - charged 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these things give in charge,.... Concerning rebuking persons of a different age and sex, and concerning the maintenance of widows; and particularly that children provide for their parents when helpless; and that widows trust in God, and give themselves to prayer and supplication, and not live in sin:

that they may be blameless; before men, and in the view of the world, and not be chargeable with any notorious crime; though none are without blame in themselves, and before God, but as considered in Christ Jesus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And these things give in charge - Announce, or declare these things, to wit, particularly respecting the duty of children to their widowed mothers, and the proper duty of those who are widows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. That they may be blameless. — Charge the whole Church to attend to these things, that they may be blameless. The words are not spoken of the widows only, but of the Church or its officers; it cannot be restricted to the widows, for the adjective ανεπιληπτοι is both of the masculine and feminine gender.